mass society

noun Sociology.

a society whose members are characterized by having segmentalized, impersonal relations, a high degree of physical and social mobility, a spectator relation to events, and a pronounced tendency to conform to external popular norms.

Origin of mass society

First recorded in 1945–50

Words nearby mass society

mass production, mass psychogenic illness, mass psychology, mass ratio, mass shooting, mass society, mass sociogenic illness, mass spectrograph, mass spectrometer, mass spectroscope, mass spectroscopy